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November
MOLESTER CONFESSES TO 1994 KILLING, COPS SA;Y
apbnews.com/Richard Zitrin
Charles Daugherty, a 29-year-old convicted child molester, was arrested after confessing tokilling 11-year-old LaShonna Bates in 1994. He claimed to have stumbled across the body of LaShonnawhile chasing a runaway dog. He now has admitted to the killing more than six years later. Herdecomposed body was found two months after the fourth grader disappeared in February 1994 afterbeing last seen at a school bus stop outside of a convenience store. At the time, Daugherty was onprobation for a 1991 child molestation conviction. Based on the suspect’s criminal history, policeMajor